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The Baltimore Banner4d
Baltimore woman joyfully haunted by hunt for ‘ghost signs’
Ghost signs are the faded, hand-painted signs of the past. Once one sign is found, others seem to follow for Lashelle Bynum.
Bizcommunity26d
The surge of contemporary African art in the global market
This trend, however, has changed as collectors from around the world increasingly appreciate African art's rich history and significance. While the contemporary African art market's dollar value ...
The Washington Post5d
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art delays LGBTQ Pride exhibit
An upcoming exhibition featuring the work of LGBTQ+ African artists at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art has been postponed until 2026 due to “our current budgetary situation,” a ...
The New York Times10d
Back in New York, an African Art Fair Relishes the Sense of Place
The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is returning for its 10th year in New York, an event one collector described as “a kind of movable feast.” By Ginanne Brownell In her previous works ...
Hyperallergic3d
Conversation Flows at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
It’s one of the first works that visitors to this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will see if they enter through the venue’s Pine Street doors. Held annually in London, Marrakech ...
The Art Newspaper18d
Auction sales for contemporary and Modern African art have declined—but African art fairs are still going strong
There are some unwelcome signs in the market for contemporary and Modern African art. In 2023 auction sales in this category fell a little—by 8% to $79.8m, according to the analysts ArtTactic ...
WFAE25d
Mint Randolph officials focus on transparency in museum's African art galleries
The entrance to the African art galleries at the Mint Museum Randolph. The Mint Museum Randolph’s African art galleries are open again after closing for an extensive, multiyear renovation.
The Art Newspaper26d
Comment | A buoyant art scene—and an exciting new generation of artists—mean this could be ‘the African century’
The 1-54 fair, which was founded in 2013, with three editions per year—in London, New York and Marrakech—is probably the best-known fair dedicated to African art. The fair’s name refers to ...
Hartford Courant25d
Artist Kehinde Wiley puts power in a new frame with paintings of African leaders
It’s part of the Moroccan museum’s efforts to become a hub for African art ahead of the next year’s opening of the Museum of the African Continent, across the street in Rabat. Wiley said ...
The Boston Globe19d
In an extraordinary move, MFA to return prized African art to wealthy donor and close gallery
For more than a decade, a collection of masterful works from the West African Kingdom of Benin have ... the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and some German institutions have moved to ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs28d
‘Africa Calling’: West African royalty and Zulu magic at Haifa Museum of Art
African treasures kept at the Haifa Museums warehouses form the basis of Africa Calling (curated by Dorit Shafir and Meir Itkin), a new exhibition at the northern city’s art museum.